From The 74, by Chad Aldeman, September 10, 2024
In this interactive article, The 74 calculated school districts’ expected reading proficiency rates, based on their local poverty rates, and compared that to their actual third grade reading scores to identify districts that are beating the odds and successfully teaching kids to read. One of those districts in North Carolina is Wilson County Schools, which began using Opportunity Culture® roles in 2021–22. Learn more here and here.
From WRAL News, September 8, 2024
Nash County Public Schools has made major strides in student achievement, according to recent data released by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.
The district’s performance has improved dramatically, climbing from 108th to 33rd out of 115 districts statewide.
This jam-packed, back-to-school edition of our newsletter highlights the new Opportunity Culture® portal, our online platform that supports educators with professional learning modules and instructional and leadership resources—all in one place! The September 4 newsletter also features free webinars and other events, a look at educator survey results, and news and social media highlights from districts across the country using Opportunity Culture® models. Read the newsletter here!
All school staff have access to on-demand learning modules and live professional development through our online platform. .
Our online platform provides a one-stop repository for planning materials and the means to monitor and adjust school design plans.
Opportunity Culture® portal’s “tools” room houses instructional and leadership resources all in one place.
From EdNC, by Matthew Springer, July 17, 2024
…Strategic staffing practices have served as a catalyst for targeted interventions within K-12 education, from addressing the inequitable distribution and access to high-performing teachers to reconsidering conventional teaching paradigms. Promising approaches, such as North Carolina’s Advanced Teaching Roles Program, Public Impact’s Opportunity Culture, and innovative models led by the National Institute for Excellence in Teaching, integrate and take advantage of strategic staffing practices by expanding teacher leadership, refining resource allocation, and enriching student learning opportunities. …
Using Opportunity Culture® staffing models, small teaching teams aim to provide every educator with a great coach in the Multi-Classroom Leader® role. What can administrators do to support these teacher-leaders in their new coaching roles? This webinar presents three keys to achieving widespread but personalized coaching and a platform to support it. Special guest Casey Jackson of North Carolina’s Vance County Schools discusses her previous coaching experience as a team leader and her current role as a district administrator responsible for the success of educators in that role. She is joined by Krissy Fisher and Hannah Schuele of SchoolMint, creator of the SchoolMint Grow teacher coaching platform.
A behavioral event interview (BEI) is a specialized interview technique focused on past events to uncover key patterns of behavior or thinking that better predict future success.
How do great educators use the results of one school year to plan and launch the next? In our free, three-part webinar series, excellent educators in the Multi-Classroom Leader® role will share their wisdom. We also share keys to sustainability from educators in Vance County, who are in year six of Opportunity Culture® implementation. Plus you’ll find professional learning opportunities, tools, videos, social media highlights and more! Read the May 2024 newsletter here.